David Hollister

  General Notes:

Title: Will

Page: Hartford Probate Vol. 16: 326

Note: Wills that his own just debts (and those of his deceased son,David, Jr.) be paid, and gives to son Jonathan, Benoni, son of hisdaughter Jemima, deceased, and to daughters Tryon, Hollister, Goodrich,Goslee, and Smith.

Text: In ye Name of God Amen. I David Hollister of Glassenbury in yeCounty of Hartford in ye Colony of Connecticutt in New England, being ona Bed of Sickness & not knowing whether I shall Recover Take thisOppertunity; whilst I have ye use of my Reason to make this My last Will& Testament, wherein I do Revoke all former Wills or Testaments made byMe ______
Imprimis I do give my Self to God thro Jesus Christ hoping in his Mercyfor ye Salvation Offerd in ye Gospl _____
Item: My Will is yt my Just Debts & Funeral Charges be paid out of myEstate, as also ye Just Debts of my Deceased Son David Hollister,

Item: I give to my Belovd wife ye one Third part of all my Estate bothReal & Personal, to her use During ye Time of her Remaining My Widow.Item: I give to My Son Jonathan Hollister the Lott of Lands together withye Dwelling House & Buildings & upon which my sd Dwelling House StandsAbutting on ye River west & Lands of Cpt: Belding East on ye East side ofye Country Road; together with My Hundred Acre Lott Lying Still East &being formerly a part of ye Lott foresd

Item. I give to Benoni Son to my Daughter Jemima Deceasd Nine Acres ofLand Bought of Benj: Hollister abutting South on a Road West on ye Heirsof Jos: Hollister Deceasd, North on my own Lands; ?????????Tryons Land.
Item: I give to sd Benoni My Ten Acre Lott Bought of Nathll. Bidwell &Lying on ye Side of Chestnut Hill & Abutting on Lands of Coll: Welles.

Item to sd Benoni My last Division Lott Layd out Next To Lands of Coll:Welles. but in Case of ye Death of sd Benoni without Issue ye fored Landsto Revert to my Son Jonthn: Hollister fored

Item: I give to my Daughter Tryon, to my Daughter Hollister & To myDaughter Goodrich My Seventy Acre Lott of Lands adjoyning to Lands ofCpt: Nathll__ (end of page 1)

Talcott & Cpt: Griswould in ye Five Miles & Adjoyning to MiddletownBounds. ____ __________

Item: To My Daughter Gaslee Two Acres & half of Lands with ye Orcharrd &Appurtenances of it Bought of ye Heirs of My Brother Ephm HollisterDeceasd Abutting East on ye Highway North upon My own Land, west & Southon Lands of Jos: Tryon

Item: I give to my Daughter Smith a Cow.

item: to my Daughter Tryon, to my Daughter Hollister 7 to my DaughterGoodrich all to be made Equal in their houshold Furniture with MyDaughter Smith____ & to my Daughter Hollister & my Daughter Goodrich, aBrass Kettele Each of them. __

Item: it is My Will yt ye Debts foresd shall be paid out of My MovableEstate, & Therefore yt my Executors to this my Will; Shoud they Need Solong Time have Three or Four Years To Pay ye Legacies Above Set forth. __

Item: I give all & any other My Estate yt shall be Mine by any AfterDivision of Land &c; to all my Children in Equal Proportion.

Item: It is my Will yt My Belovd Wife & My Son Noah Tryon Shall be yeExecutors To this my Last Will & testament. ____ ___________ __________
Mem: ye Eighth line from ye Botm is Razd before .
Isaac Treat Signing -----
Signed Seald & Delivrd his
in presence of David Hollister
William Goodrich Sign (seal)
her this 22nd Day of Decemr.
Rachel (X) Goodrich Anno Dom: 1753
sign.
Witnesses:
Glassenbory
x March ye 2d day 1754 Isaac Treat William Goodrich & Rachel Goodrichmade Salemn
Oath that David Hollister When he made the foregoing Will, ??? accordingto
their bess judgments of a sound disposeing mind & memory & did then Sign
Seall & declare ye Same to be his Last Will & Testament & that they did
at ye Same time signe therto as witness in ye presence of ye Testator
Before me Thomas Welles assistent

Date: 22 Dec 1753
Title: Inventory
Page: Hartford Probate
Text: An Inventory of the Estate of David Hollister Dcd. both Real &personal
Taken by us Thomas Welles & William Goodrich Jan. ye 31st. 1754
Impr. 1 Straight bodied Coat Ð14-8, plaine Clothe Wastcote Ð5 10:0:0
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Date: 31 Jan 1754

David married.